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He's been having these weird bouts of throwing up for no apparent reason.

The first episode was in June. He woke up at 2:30am and proceeded to throw up for 7 hours basically every 15 minutes until there was nothing left to throw up at which point he dry heaved a bit and then was FINE. No other symptoms. Figured it was a bug. Doctor said probably a bug.

2nd episode was the first week of July. Same thing. He woke up at about 2:30am and threw up for 5 hours until he was just dry heaving and then he fell asleep and woke up and was fine. No other symptoms. Took him back to the pedi and again we were told it was a bug.. ummm I don't think so. no one else gets it and it's gone in a matter of hours.

3rd episode was about 2 weeks ago. He woke up at 4:30am, threw up a dozen times and then was fine. No other symptoms. Took him back to the pediatrician and demanded a referral back to GI for evaluation.

So he went to GI today and I told the GI doctor what was happening and he asked if either of us have migraines. I do. He said he's nearly positive that it's something called Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. Basically an abnormal type of migraine. Adults get awful headaches.. Kids get this weird nausea/vomiting. Because he isn't throwing up often (about one day out of every 3-4 weeks) he doesn't want to give him any medication for it. If it becomes more frequent or starts to really cause issues, such as dehydration, we can look at doing something about it. He said he's pretty confident that this is what we're looking at but if want to rule out anything more serious we can take him for a sonogram, blood work, urinalysis, and stool culture.. ummm yeah right on that. So yet another diagnosis to add to his growing repertoire of crap.

His stats today..13.4kg (29 1/2 lbs)-- 45th percentile84.5 cm (33.75 inches)-- at the 4th percentile or right at the 50th percentile for NS kids.

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Roman had his first migraine not that long ago too. He had horrible abdominal pain and slept heavily the entire day. In university I did a paper about migraines (since I get them and had one really cool prof that gave lots of liberty...) One thing I remember well is that the stomach has seratonin receptors. During a migraine, the serotonin builds up in the stomach but meanwhile, the stomach function is slowed making it all worse. For most of us migraine sufferers, this is why we feel better after we heave - it gets the stomach moving again and clears it out. For kids, they don't often get the head pain until they're older but deal with intense stomach issues til then related to the serotonin levels. Not that it changes anything but maybe it helps explain?